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  1. allani
    I think he was a bit too late subbing Moreno for Digne. We were getting roasted down their right. But it all worked out in the end!
  2. allani
    DIIIIIIGGGGGGNNNNEEEEEE
  3. allani
    Oliver is loving this.
  4. allani
    4 fould by Mengi - no yellow. 2 fouls by Rodgers - yellow.
  5. allani
    The first pass from Rodgers to Ollie was stunning - unfortunately Ollie moved a bit too soon and was offside. It would have rivalled Dougie's wonder pass for assist of the season had Ollie put it away. Very encouraging signs. Brought a top class save out of their keeper with a great shot too. A couple of inches further to the right and it would have been unstoppable.
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    I think it was pointed out that it was four or five times (that he'd given a free-kick) and he just shock his head and waved it away.
  7. allani
    I think he was saying that he got kicked on the foot (hopefully not the same one from last summer).
  8. allani
    Michael Oliver doing absolutely everything he can to stop us winning this one at a canter. Ollie is being pulled to the ground every time the ball goes to him - nah nothing. Dougie gets within 1 yard of their winger who dives over - yeah yellow card.
  9. allani
    Come on Palace!!
  10. allani
    Following on from this - we've never beaten Luton away by more than 0-1. Hopefully we can put that right today!
  11. allani
    Why let important facts like that interfer with other statistics?! The answer is 2016 in the League Cup - we lost 3-1. The one before that was 1992 in the league (lost 2-0), then 1990 in the league (also lost 2-0). We won the league match there in 1989 with Derek Mountfield scoring the only goal in a 0-1 away win. You then have to go back to 1964 for our previous away win there - also 0-1 in the League Cup. So Villa have only beaten Luton away once in my lifetime!! This will be the 13th time we've played them away during that time. Not stats that I would have guessed.
  12. allani
    Come on Palace! New manager bounce would work nicely today please!
  13. allani
    We've not won at Kenilworth Road for over 32 years. We've lost 9 of the last 11 away matches against Luton. Hopefully, more records for Unai to break!
  14. allani
    Heck also did a lot in terms of raising revenues and improving the value of the club during his time in Philadelphia without increasing the stadium capacity. So "more seats" won't be his default answer to the question how do we improve our revenues.
  15. allani
    100%. I think a lot of players and agents will have looked at the way we play, the way that Emery has developed players and the opportunity that players have to shine within the way we play and will have us high on their list of good clubs to go to - almost irrespective of whether we qualify for the CL or not. CL qualification would be the cherry on the cake for sure. On the flip side I think it will be interesting - my gut feel is that Emery and Monchi won't go near players who will "only" join us if we qualify for the CL. So I see qualification as less about allowing us to target more players and more about making our proposition even more attractive to players who we're already targetting. (I'm not sure I have explained that brilliantly)
  16. allani
    I think you previously highlighted the key comment from Emery earlier. They sounded like the words of someone who was expecting the core of his team to stay in place and echoes similar sentiments expressed by other senior club officials. Obviously they can't say "we're definitely not selling anyone" or "we have to sell some of our best players this summer" but the way he spoke sounded (to me anyway) that he thought the former of those was closer to the likely reality than the latter.
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    Also I see that there's now also some media chat about Spurs possibly having to sell. I can't think why rumours about potential issues at Villa and Spurs are suddenly circulating given their position in the league in respect to a certain other club.
  18. allani
    I think Digne will impact our team much more than some people seem to - he and Moreno offer really good options at LB depending on the opposition and is one place where the overall quality doesn't drop depending on who plays. I would be surprised in Sousa and Chrisene don't go out on loan again (at least until the New Year). But in general I agree with most of what you say.
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    I would be surprised if there is a single PL team that doesn't sell someone this summer.
  20. allani
    I'd blanked him from my memory bank! Sending Ross to Australia was probably covered by the same guidelines that we used 150 odd years ago to send convicts down under - so probably doesn't help with the work permit side of things. I was thinking that we'd sent a young defender there too.
  21. allani
    Particularly if Buendia and Mings are ready for the new season at something close to their previous levels.
  22. allani
    Didn't we send someone on loan to a team in Australia a few years back? I can't remember who and maybe they had an Aussie passport. But that would suggest that it should be possible. As I said before I think it looks like it would have benefits for both the men's and women's teams.
  23. allani

    Pau Torres

    allani replied to Delphinho123's topic in Villa Talk

    I don't disagree. Branthwaite would (from what I have seen so far) be a great fit for the way that Emery wants to play. He'll add some aeriel power but not at the cost of compromising our ability on the ball / deck. He really does seem to have everything you'd want from a defender. But there will be a lot of teams after him and some will be able to offer a lot higher wages. But that doesn't mean that we don't have things that we can offer instead. It's a question of what he values more.
  24. allani
    Given that a highly respected member of this forum reclused himself from discussions on the Adidas deal after saying that we were going to get a premier service - it seems pretty certain that we've got a very good deal much closer to Newcastle than Leeds. Our last CEO did a deal with Castore - Heck completed a deal with Adidas. Yes we're doing better on the pitch but we've signed with a much bigger firm, for a lot more money, with access to more retail outlets and will almost certainly get a better product. That is clearly progress.
  25. allani
    I quite like the green kit. I don't think there would be a big drive to change the colours to claret and blue - and I also don't think that the owners are that fussed about branding everything the same unlike say the red Bull group or even (to an extent) the City group. How to Canberra usually go in the W League? This season it looks like there's not a great deal of difference between teams in 5th / 6th and the teams in 10th / 11th. Is that typical?
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